The UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and proclaimed 21 March of each year the World Day for Glaciers. 

The WMO Secretary-General also noted the potential of new technologies such as “digital twin” – which creates a virtual replica of a physical object – and virtual reality – which offers immersive simulated environments – to help achieve universally agreed Sustainable Development Goals and enhance disaster preparedness.

It also drives forced migration. If people can no longer produce food on their land then they will migrate. As we have seen for example in the Sahel or Haiti, there can be severe consequences for global security. When people fight over access to land and water, it leads to more conflicts. We are seeing more of this, and it has consequences on the homogeneity of communities and on national economies.

© ADB/Narendra Shrestha Students attend a computer class at a secondary school in Kailali,…

The main focus of the World Organization for Development is sustainable development and the promotion of the achievement of the SDGs. Human rights affect almost all of the 17 global goals and most of the 169 related targets. When human rights violations occur, it reflects on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and jeopardizes the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The announced winners of the first stage of the Global Awards “Angel for Sustainable Development” #SDGAction40297 are posted on the official website of the UN SDG Action Campaign, established by the Secretary General of the United Nations, in order to stimulate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.